Jim Janicek said "TGIF" did not, in fact, stand for "Thank God It's Friday," but "Thank Goodness It's Funny." "We were talking about things like the 'Friday Fun Club,' " Janicek recalled, "There's a whole list somewhere I probably could dig up,

"Friday night used to be what was considered the death slot," he explained. "They would kind of put shows there that were on their last legs because the network always believed that most people were out going on dates,

ABC Fans of ABC's 1990s "TGIF" programming block with Full House, Boy Meets World and more are in for a huge shock. "[TGIF] is not 'Thank God It's Friday,'" Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel confirmed on the latest episode of her "Pod Meets World" podcast on Monday,

Thank god he cleared that up. Thank god this got sorted. The marketing guru behind ABC's long-running TGIF programming block, Jim Janicek, dropped by the latest episode of the Pod Meets World podcast to reminisce on where the idea came from and what that acronym really stands for.